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By Charlie Parker VERVE 8005 J = 208 (4-Bar Intra) ~ CHARLIEPARKEROMNIBOOK For C Instruments(TrebleClef) • TranscribedFrom His RecordedSolos• TransposedTo Concert Key CONTENTS Title Page AH-LEU·CHA (AH LEV CHA) 86 ANOTHER HAIRDO 104 ANTHROPOWGY 10 AU PRIVAVE (No.1) 24 AU PRIVAVE (No.2) 26 BACK HOME BLUES 106 BALLADE 142 BARBADOS 70 BILLIE'S BOUNCE (BILL'S BOUNCE) 80 THE BIRD . .. .. 110 BIRD GETS THE WORM '" : . .. 94 BWOMDIDO 108 BLUE BIRD :......................... 84 BLUES (FAST) 124 BLUES FOR ALICE 18 BUZZy 78 CARD BOARD 92 CELERITY 22 CHASING THE BIRD 82 CHERYL 58 CHI CHI 28 CONFIRMATION 1 CONSTELLATION 45 COSMIC RAYS " 30 DEWEY SQUARE 14 DIVERSE 114 DONNA LEE . .. .. .. .. 48 K. C. BLUES 20 KIM (No.1) 51 KIM (No.2) 54 KLAUN STANCE 89 KOKO 62 LAIRD BAIRD 32 LEAP FROG 130 MARMADUKE 68 MERRY·GO·ROUND 117 MOHAWK (No.1) 38 MOHAWK (No.2) 40 MOOSE THE MOOCHE 4 MY LITTLE SUEDE SHOES 120 NOW'S THE TIME (No.1) 74 NOW'S THE TIME (No.2) 76 ORNITHOWGY 6 AN OSCAR FOR TREADWELL . .. 42 PARKER'S MOOD 134 PASSPORT 102 PERHAPS 72 RED CROSS 66 RELAXING WITH LEE 122 SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE. 16 SEGMENT 97 SHAWNUFF. .. .. .. 128 SHE ROTE (No.1) 34 SHE ROTE (No.2) 36 mm STEEPLECHASE . .. .. 112 THRIVING FROM A RIFF 60 VISA 100 WARMING UP A RIFF . .. .. .. .. .. .. 136 YARDBIRD SUITE........................ 8 Charlie Parker (Biography) ii Introduction iv Scale Syllabus 143 'i'J1978 ATLANTlC MUSIC CORP. International Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. All Rights . " INTRODUCTION The solos in this book represent a cross section of the music of Charlie Parker. In presenting these solos, we hope to bring musicians closer to the true genius of "Bird". These solos are in C concert key, treble clef. The book was originally published in Eb key and this new concert version should allow many more people to explore the won­ derfu.1world of music that Charlie Parker gave us. Most Jazz musicians have learned to play by listening to records and imitating the notes, articulations, vibrato, etc. of the masters. We encourage you to play these with the actual recording. listen to the record first, then play through the solo slowly, gradually increasing the speed until you are at the recorded tempo Bird played it. I don't feel the idea is to try to play the solos exactly as Bird did, but rather to find phrases, articulations, scoops, turns, etc. that you feel you would like to incorporate into your own playing. By being able to see and play the actual notes, it should help speed up the learning process. Many players play like Bird but retain their own personality. Practice with a metronome. Each day try to increase the tempo a little, all the while retaining the inflections, articulations, etc. that you would use at the slower tempo. Try practicing some of these solos with the Aebersold Play A Long records. Take a slow blues solo in F and play it with one of the records in the series that has a slow F blues, then move to a record that has a faster F blues. It is fun to work towards play­ ing the solos with Bird along with the actual Parker recorded version. Blues make up the largest portion df this book. Rhythm changes come next. Some compositions have the two versions recorded by Parker in separate solos. When a measure occurs without a chord symbol above it, the chord is the same as the meas­ ure preceeding it. Most players like to analyze solos in order to find out what the musician is do­ ing. Our ears cannot always HEARwhat is happening so we slow the music down. transcribe it, analyze it, practice the licks, patterns and phrases we like best, and end up playing them in our own way on our instruments. We have put chord symbols over most all bars to enable you to analyze the notes in relation to the chord. Remem­ ber, each chord symbol represents a series of tones called a scale. Older musicians used to improvise mainly on chord tones; Charlie Parker was one of the first to broaden that to include scales and substitute scales. For information on scale substitution refer to the Scale Syllabus chart. '" Bird loved to use the b9 over the Dom. 7th chord/scale. The Blues scale and its accompanying licks was an important part of his music, even when playing songs other than bluesl When you find licks or patterns that you enjoy, practice them in several keys so the melodic phrase becomes a part of you. It should become automatic in order to really be useable in a playing situation. Only a minimum of articulations have been put in this book. We feel that jazz, being an aural art form, is often times best imitated by listening over and over, and then playing the notes the way you hear it on the record. This might seem like the long way ta do it, but experience has proven reliable. After all, who would object to listening anyway? listening is what music is all about. The records from which these solos are taken are listed at the top of each solo page. They are contained in approximately eight records (some are two record sets) and most all are still available. The two record sets are a barg,ain) We hope you have as much enjoyment with this book as we have had putting it together. lamey Aebersold * For SCALE SYLLABUS see page 143 iv r \ -: 1 Confirmation By Charlie Parker VERVE 8005 J = 208 (4-bar Intra) ~"' ~N~ I . ?~ Bb7 A- IIJ D7 G7 G- C7 2 l~jr ~ F J E16 A7 D- G7 C- It! 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